Project Scientist II Position at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, UP, India

August 7, 2021

Designation/Position- Project Scientist II Position

Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, UP, India invites application for Project Scientist II Position from eligible and interested candidates

About- Applications are invited for One post of Project Scientist I at a fixed salary amount of Rs.56,000/- pm+ HRA (as per the DST rules) in the research project entitled “A System for Quality Control and Certification of Geospatial data for NSDI” undertaken by Department of Civil Engineering, IIT (BHU) Varanasi. The post is purely temporary and co-terminus with the project having duration of 1 year.

Research/Job Area- Atmospheric Sciences/ Meteorology (or) in Physics/ Geophysics with Meteorology ience or equivalent

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Location- Department of Geophysics, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi

Eligibility/Qualification–

Educational Qualification:

Name of the Post	Emoluments	Essential qualifications	Desirable qualifications/experience
Project sc. II (1 post)	67,000/- p.m. + HRA	Doctoral Degree in Atmospheric Sciences/ Meteorology (or) in Physics/ Geophysics with Meteorology as one of the topic (or) related areas; and Three years experience in mesoscale or regional climate modelling as per DST norms.Upper age limit- 40 years on the date of advertisement (5 years’ relaxation for Female (SC IST [Physically Handicapped candidates as per Gol rules.)	• Expertise in numerical simulation of thunderstorms and lightning; knowledge of various physical parameterizations, microphysical and land surface schemes; experience in working on HPC systems and parallel programming; ability to perform independent research, prepare and publish manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals; and Working knowledge of shell scripting, conversant with GRIB, NetCDF data formats, scientific programming in Fortran, Python, C and software such as GrADS, CDO, NCO, NCL, R, etc. will be added advantage/ referable.

Applications are invited from highly motivated candidates for the post of a Project Sc. II and a JRF in the Ministry of Earth Sciences, Govt. of India sponsored project (Project code: P-07/1247) entitled “Development of a framework for the probabilistic forecast of lightning over the Indian region and investigation of land-atmosphere feedback processes for further improvement“.

The posts are temporary and co-terminus with the project.

The appointments are initially for one year but extendable up to three years depending upon the performance of the selected candidates.

The total emoluments for the various positions are as per DST norms

How to Apply-

Application on plain paper giving Name, permanent and correspondence address, names of father and mother, telephone no. and e-mail address, details of educational career (starting from High School or equivalent) along with attested copies of all mark-sheets and certificates and details of any research or other experience etc., if any, should reach within 21 days of the advertisement to Dr. Subhadeep Halder, Assistant Professor and Principal Investigator, Department of Geophysics, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-221005 through email to subhadeeph@gmail.com.

Candidate selected for interview will be informed through email only. No TA/DA will be paid if called for written test/interview.